Fire stopping in Picket Piece
Planning work on a service penetration in Picket Piece? We look at it, seal it with the right product and hand it over with a 12-month guarantee.
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Openings found when ceilings come down for a refit
- Builders’ foam or ordinary silicone in compartment walls
Fire stopping for businesses in Picket Piece
Send drawings, photos or a joint schedule, or tell us about the site, and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Fire stopping in Picket Piece
Penetration seals are fire tested to BS EN 1366-3 and linear joint seals to BS EN 1366-4. That classification, such as EI 60 or EI 120, belongs to the product in its tested arrangement. Reproducing the tested arrangement on site is the part we take care of. We work on service gaps in risers, pipe penetrations and small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows, and the failures we are asked to look at most are fire-stopping items raised at inspection or handover and fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back. Facilities teams, main contractors and managing agents in Picket Piece tend to want the same three things: a fixed quote, no surprises on site and a 12-month guarantee behind the result.
Around smaller places like Picket Piece, many commercial buildings are conversions or extensions of older ones, so it’s worth confirming the wall or floor type before choosing the seal. The right product depends on the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we’ll tell you if the detail calls for something other than sealant.
A 12-month guarantee applies to all our work. If an installation problem shows up, phone 01277 525 020 or send details through our quote form and we’ll arrange a return visit.
- Where
- Picket Piece (SP11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Guarantee
- 12 months on our workmanship
- Quotes
- Quoted before any work starts
- Telephone
- 01277 525 020
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
Common problems we fix in Picket Piece
A common fault is a product that was never fire-rated in the first place: builders’ foam or ordinary silicone used to fill a hole. It may look closed, but it has no tested fire performance in that position.
If one of these sounds familiar, it’s time for a closer look:
- Non-fire-rated filler around services
- Service penetrations left open after M&E works
- Fire-rated sealant that has cracked or shrunk back
- Penetration schedules that need working through
Wherever services are added at a hospital such as Andover Hospital (Grounds), 2.4 miles to the west of Picket Piece, the compartment line has to be made good with the specified product.
What to look for in a quote
- How long is the guarantee, and what does it include?
- What site paperwork they can supply
- Which product they’ll use, and why it suits the joint
- How joint depth will be controlled
How a job runs
Tell us your site hours and access windows and we will plan around them. While we’re working, the area stays contained and tidy, and we check in with your contact before moving on to each new area. If neighbouring businesses or buildings around Picket Piece need work too, visits can be combined. Tell us your site hours and we’ll plan around them.
- First we go through the drawings, schedule or specification for the seals and ask about anything unclear.
- Every penetration is compared with its detail: wall or floor type, service, gap size and depth.
- Unsuitable fillers and loose debris are taken out of each opening.
- We fit the backing the detail asks for, to the stated depth.
- We apply the specified sealant to the depth and around the services as the detail shows.
- Openings that need a collar, wrap, batt or other product are flagged to you rather than filled with sealant.
What we need from you
- Send asbestos survey details if the building is pre-2000
- Flag any permit to work we’ll need
- Arrange parking or a loading space
Request a quote
Quotes are fixed against the scope you send, so the cost is agreed before work starts. To ask for one, ring 01277 525 020 or email drawings and photos.
Related advice
Should maintenance staff do it?
General builders and handymen seal joints, but it isn’t their main trade. A specialist brings correct preparation, depth control with backing rod and a product suited to that particular joint.
The visible bead is only part of the job. Backing rod, primer where specified and a joint designed to move with the building are easy to get wrong without experience.
What the job involves on each surface
Linear joints
Head-of-wall gaps, slab edges and wall junctions are linear joints. Their tested detail, under BS EN 1366-4, sets the width, depth, backing and movement allowed, and we work within it.
Masonry and concrete
Many seals are made in blockwork, brickwork or concrete slabs. Dust and loose debris are cleared out of the opening.
Honest limits
Part of a good diagnosis is knowing where sealant stops. You will hear from us if the cause turns out to be one of these:
- Large openings beyond what any sealant detail covers
- Reviewing a building’s overall fire safety
- Writing the fire-stopping specification
If you are not sure, just call the office on 01277 525 020 or email the details over and we will give you a straight answer.
Joints and surfaces we work on
- Small duct penetrations where the tested detail allows
- Pipe penetrations
- Service gaps in risers
- Cable penetrations
- Linear gaps at wall heads
- Joints between fire-resisting walls and floors
Questions we are asked in Picket Piece
Is Picket Piece too far out for you?
Not at all: smaller places are covered as well as towns. London and every South East county are within our area. We plan jobs in smaller places so return trips are kept to a minimum.
Can you seal penetrations in a hotel in Picket Piece after a refit?
Yes, to the specification and the product’s tested detail. It goes in to the manufacturer’s tested detail for the wall or floor and the services passing through, and we’ll tell you if the detail calls for a collar, wrap or batt instead.
Can you handle several sites?
Yes. Several buildings can share a single quote, and you deal with one contact throughout across South East England, Greater London and Scotland.
What about RAMS and site documents?
Requirements differ from site to site, so tell us what you need and we’ll confirm it when we quote.
Will you come and look before quoting?
It depends on the job. Simple work can often be priced from photographs, and bigger or more complex jobs typically get a visit.
When can the area be used after sealing?
We will confirm how long the chosen product needs to cure, and flag anything to keep off until it has cured.
Who decides which product is used?
A specification, where there is one, decides it. Without one, the joint decides: how much it moves, what it bonds to and whether it’s wet, trafficked or fire-rated.
Fire-rated sealing for Picket Piece buildings
Central London is about 61 miles from Picket Piece. Business park offices in the commuter belt are refitted as tenants change, and each fit-out adds services through compartment walls. A 2-mile radius around Picket Piece takes in a number of hotels. Hotels are divided into compartments, and refurbishments that add pipes and cables through bedroom and corridor walls leave gaps to close.
In a school such as Pilgrims' Cross CofE Aided Primary School, fire-rated sealant goes in around service penetrations where it is specified. At a college such as Andover College, 2 miles to the west of Picket Piece, checking penetration seals after summer M&E works is good practice.
Picket Piece is about 2 miles east of Andover, in Hampshire. Our applicators travel to Picket Piece for work on service penetrations, handled exactly as we handle every other area. Picket Piece is one of 723 places in Hampshire on our list. Sites around Southampton have their own page, about 21 miles away.
We take on service penetrations across the SP11 postcode area. For a building on Locksbridge Road, Wyke Court and Galbraith Road or nearby, send details and we will quote for service penetrations. Close to Picket Piece, our area also takes in Finkley Down (1 mile west), Andover Down (1 mile south), Finkley (1 mile north-west), Picket Twenty (1 mile south-west) and East Anton (1 mile west). Nearby towns on our patch include Basingstoke (15 miles east), Winchester (12 miles south-east), Hyde (12 miles south-east), Tidworth (10 miles west), Weeke (11 miles south-east) and Kempshott (13 miles east).
Local landmarks in Picket Piece
Locally, jobs take us to sites close to Winton Community Academy and Winton Community Academy and the streets around them. The closest station to Picket Piece is Andover station, roughly 2.4 miles west. Nearby you will also find Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.4 miles west) and Finkley Down Farm Museum (0.6 miles west). Not far away are Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
Aftercare for building managers
A few simple habits keep the new joints working:
- Check risers and ceiling voids after each round of works
- Leave fire sealant to cure fully before covering it
- Have penetrations checked while they can still be seen
- Brief every trade that openings they make must be sealed
During planned inspections, look at seals in risers, cupboards and voids. Look for cracks, unsealed new cables and gaps that have been enlarged and get them dealt with.
A simple record of seal locations and products helps. When a new service goes through, everyone knows which product and detail to match, which saves guesswork.